(Small Notes for the Issue)Rakugo: Rakugo is the popular form of comic monologue in Japan, in which a storyteller, (hanashika), creates an imaginary drama through eposodic narration and skillful use of vocal and facial expressions to portray various characters. Typically, the storyteller uses no scenery; he dressed in a plain kimono with a hand towel and a fan as his only props. The stamps depict famous storytellers posed as the characters of their sttories.